Huge turnout in Saint Paul — Ward 1, Precinct 10 at DFL caucuses tonight in SD64; I even got roped in to convene tonight. Lots of energy around the state!

just like how derek chauvin was an MPD trainer

It’s deeply disturbing that after all the trauma students, families, and educators endured following the abduction of Liam Conejo Ramos, even now after he has been freed and safely returned to Minnesota someone appears to be making threats against out of anger that a five-year-old is not imprisoned.

It didn't take very long for it to seem entirely reasonable for a mom to hide her identity while speaking to reporters in order to protect her child's school from being targeted by the secret police. www.youtube.com/shorts/iud0W...

Some quick thoughts on yesterday's ruling in Minnesota v. Noem. open.substack.com/pub/mollycol...

The federal occupation of Minneapolis has devastated our small businesses. Particularly, our immigrant-owned businesses. That’s why I’m working with my colleagues to bring forward a $5 million “Small Business Resiliency Fund” for small businesses impacted by “immigration enforcement”. 1/

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Biery is a very unique judge and, having practiced in his court, I had no clue how this case would go. So glad to see this result.

U.S. District Judge Fred Biery's order, issued Saturday morning, requires that Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias and his son, Liam Conejo Ramos, be released from federal custody while their immigration case proceeds through the court system. Biery's order requires they be released by Tuesday.

oh damn no fuckin way

one thing being lost in discourse is that rapid response networks are just a tool. they aren’t the end all, be all here. the actual goal is to connect with neighbors! and now with the leaks, they’re not being handed out like they were go talk to your neighbors to find a chat! or you can make one!

Shoutout to our Rondo, Frogtown, and Hamline-Midway neighbors for stepping the hell up and supporting our Maxfield families during this difficult time. So proud to call Saint Paul home!

I will believe that ICE enforcement has changed on the ground when I stop getting daily notices that armed, masked goons are circling my kids’ schools and trying to sow fear in the parent patrols.

Senator Amy Klobuchar has officially entered the race to become the 42nd Governor of Minnesota.

Twin Cities folks, if you live in House district 64A, don’t boo, vote.

Today I learned that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services created a fake appointment to entrap a Minneapolis Public Schools parent while she was with her kindergarten-aged child. I hate that this is not the first time we’ve seen these disgusting tactics.

This was a whole lot of words to say absolutely nothing. Let’s end the era where these corporations control politicians.

Minnesotans will NOT back down. ICE OUT!

Come together for what? Progress towards what? I’m genuinely asking. The federal government is murdering Minnesotans and disappearing our neighbors. So if any of these CEO’s want to explain to me personally what I — as a state leader — should ask the federal government for, I’m available.

remember when we all got shamed for saying walter hudson is a bad guy and people shouldn’t be platforming him and hanging out with him for an afternoon? nevermind we knew he was a transphobe then anyway. i sure do. i hope everyone who shamed us has a hard look in the mirror now

A statement from the family of Alex Pretti.

There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Yesterday, we joined tens of thousands to march. This am, ICE responded with violence. Alex was an ICU nurse, a union sibling, & an observer who stepped in to help. This is a union state. We will continue to show up, to watch, to document, and fight ICE is not welcome here.

"The video is horrifyingly clear: federal agents executed a man in broad daylight the morning after thousands of Minnesotans gathered for a day of peaceful protests," said DFL Party Chair Richard Carlbom.

This has to stop! MINIMUM demands at this point: - ICE out of Minnesota now - arrest and charge the shooters, those associated - no more funding for ICE, associated depts - abolish ICE, reallocate funding to real needs - shut down the government to do so, halt tax payments to do so

Please stay away from 26th and Nicollet — community does not need non-neighbors swelling an already volatile scene.

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

We’re sick and tired of being sick and tired. Frankly we’re not angry enough of what they are doing to our communities.

THIS HAS TO END

Earlier this week I was elected Chair of the Saint Paul DFL. We demand the immediate release of Nekima Levy Armstrong, William Kelly, and two time St. Paul DFL endorsed Chauntyll Allen, as well as their respective charges being dropped. Full statement below:

Message from the newly reformed Saint Paul DFL.

DFL caucuses are in 2 weeks (Feb. 3, 7pm). Notably, the party allows anyone who identifies as a DFLer to caucus, even if they're not eligible to vote. I would suggest that caucus-goers with the privilege to attend in person, like me, prioritize delegate seats for BIPOC and immigrant non-attendees.

The Martin Luther King Jr. quote I’m thinking about today is: “Noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as the cooperation with good.”

The US is collapsing into fascism and going to war with Europe and the opposition party is like “I’m here to talk about the important thing: how your average grocery bill has risen by two dollars over the last year, which I also have no plan or ability to fix”

This embodies the spirit of Minnesota, combining the “Love thy neighbor” sentiment with toughness and a commitment to endure.

Thank you to these 2 and all the other heroes stepping up to keep our neighbors safe.

Hearing reports that a man taken by ICE in Minneapolis died in federal custody.

Because these international grocers need your support now more than ever, especially during these times, here’s a guide to the international grocers of the Twin Cities that I wrote for @racketmn.com: racketmn.com/guide-intern...

Right-wing influencer Jake Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall. He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him. bit.ly/4baGhJn

$10/chud is only going to cost them $120 😁

minneapolis city council vice president jamal osman, who represents cedar riverside, has shared a statement on the hateful anti muslim march tomorrow planned from downtown to that neighborhood calling for no protests there @ward6.minneapolismn.gov

In other words - North has the largest population of Black residents in Minneapolis. Do not do stupid shit that leaves an already vulnerable neighborhood to deal with the fallout.

A single federal agent with a long gun just walked through the crowd, slipped on the ice on his way under the police tape. Dropped his loaded clip.

No school for SPPS next Tuesday or Wednesday to allow us to prepare for site based virtual options.

ICE just indiscriminately stopped a citizen at a bus stop in front of the co-op. If this is how they treat the President of the Minneapolis City Council who is legally observing, just think of what they’re doing to everyone else in our City.

ICE totaled this car, abducted a woman, and then left it in the middle of Snelling Avenue, one of the busiest streets in the Twin Cities. This isn’t law and order, this state sanctioned terrorism. It’s fucking disgusting.

We are here today for our children’s tomorrow.